Operation and Maintenance of T shirt Sublimation Printer

7 precautions in the use of a T-shirt sublimation printer will help you extend the life of the printer for at least 2 years.

We all know that any machine can fail. However, a good operator can minimize machine problems. Today, in this blog, I will detail seven key points to pay attention to during the operation and maintenance of your T-shirt sublimation printer.

Maintenance of T-shirt Printer Nozzle

Sublimation T-shirt printing is a digital direct-injection non-contact printing method. Its weakness is also very obvious: if the maintenance is not good, the nozzle can be easily blocked.

The market price of the original Epson 8-color T-shirt sublimation printer is around 7,000-8,000 yuan, and the price of the 6-color T-shirt sublimation printer is also around 1,500 yuan. That's not a low cost for anyone looking to start a business with a T-shirt printer.

So how can we better maintain the nozzles of sublimation t-shirt printing?

1. Let the nozzle work every day as much as possible

Try to keep the print head of the T-shirt sublimation printer running every day, otherwise, the textile ink will easily cause the print head to jam.

2. Do not let the nozzle touch the fixing agent

We all know those printing dark clothes requires printing white ink, and printing white ink requires spraying a fixing agent. The role of the fixing agent is to increase the solidity of the white ink, so the viscosity of the fixing agent is very strong.

When printing dark clothes, the operator must be very careful that the nozzle of the T-shirt sublimation printer is not too close to the surface of the clothes. In case the print head rubs against the fixing agent on the surface of the clothes, the print head will be blocked immediately.

3. Clean the nozzle with a special textile cleaner

To save maintenance costs, many people use very cheap industrial/medical alcohol to clean the T-shirt sublimation printer print head, which is very easy to damage the print head. What's more, it is very easy to damage the nozzle by directly holding the nozzle and soaking the surface of the nozzle in alcohol.

4. Using high-quality textile ink

The quality of the T-shirt sublimation printer ink not only determines the output effect of the T-shirt pattern but also directly determines the service life of the print head. A good textile ink is not only very colorful but also very smooth.

In addition to paying attention to the maintenance of the nozzle, we should also pay attention to the maintenance of the other two aspects of the machine.

5. Regularly clean the grating strips

The function of the grating bar is to control the left and right movement of the nozzle. Dirty grating bars make it impossible to identify and control the left-to-right movement of the printhead, increasing machine maintenance costs.

6. Gear condition

Periodically check the condition of the platform gears to make sure they are not loose. Loose T-shirt sublimation printer gears can easily cause the machine to print less accurately.

At Last

I believe that by adopting the above operation and maintenance points, you can take better care of your machine. We have a T-shirt sublimation printer for sale. If you want to know about the sublimation t-shirt printing price, welcome to contact us.